great. that's a good tip. would condensation on the ditributor cap have anything to do with it not starting in the cold? i remember bringing the battery inside last winter and it would stay warm and start right up when put back in.

1987 240 DL running like a top until first cold day. started later in the afternoon, but not when cold. block heater? any ideas on what to do and where to get the best/easiest part to help warm the car. last years advice of light bulbs and heating pads around the battery didn't get me anywhere. than...

update - i've ordered a fuel pump relay for starters - a volvo enthusiast here in champaign/urbana thought it sounded like the intake fuel pump, but that it could also be the fuel pump relay shorting out when it gets warm - so since the part is so inexpensive and easy to switch I thought i'd start t...

update - peter b. (my mechanic) is now perplexed and has asked that i leave the car with him for the weekend - we just tested the fuses and then he found that fuse #6 to the main pump wasn't getting any power, when he pulled the fuse he expected the car to die, but it kept running just fine.??? i'm ...

hi - thanks for the quick response. when you say problem with intank fuel pump do you mean that it's going bad? is it normal for a fuel pump to go bad slowly over the course of a year and 1/2? after reading the forms my list of possibilities includes...(the fuel pressure is fine my mechanic says and...

Dear Volvo Enthusiasts: I hope you can give me some ideas to pass on to my mechanic. My 87 240DL was an Austin Texas car, then it came to Illinois. For a couple years now I've had a mysterious problem. Sometimes, not very often, I'll be driving and come to a stop (problem seems to usually happen in ...